The Second Edition of Paul McFedries’ book "Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed" is now available. Covering PowerPacks 1, 2 and 3 the 792 page book covers all the latest enhancements to Windows Home Server. If you would like a closer look then Paul has posted the Table of Contents, the Index, the Introduction and a […]
Mike Brown over at Missing Remote has put up a 6 minute video of him ripping 53 blue-rays using the S1Digital 100 disk Blue-ray changer. The changer integrates with My Movies for Windows Home Server, which Mike demonstrates in the following video. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
The add-in WHSClamAV has been updated to version 0.1.7 which provides better security for the scanning of Windows System Files. This significant release brings exciting new features to ClamAV scanning engine and ClamWin: Bytecode detection signatures allow more complex patterns and better detection Heuristics improvements Digital Signature verification prevents false positive detection for Windows system […]
Eric B. Rux series on "Coming Home to Windows Home Server" continues with part 27 where Eric takes a look at the TS Mini from Asus. The ASUS TS Mini is a good Home Server. The included add-ins really add value to this already inexpensive device. There are plenty of USB and eSATA connections on […]
Kelvyn Taylor of THINQ.co.uk has a review of the Acer EasyStore H340 Home Server: One of the few four-bay Windows Home Systems on the market, the EasyStore H340 does its job well. It’s decently priced, too, for a four-bay NAS system with 2TB of storage thrown in, but be prepared for the eccentricities of the […]
Website "lifehacker" has a post on how to whip your music’s metadata into shape by using tagging software. The good thing about doing this is that your music will be better organized on Windows Home Server and easier to search. various tagging software are taken a look at including Jaikoz for primary tags and Mp3tag […]
We last bought the add-in Poca-WHS to your attention back in March when it was in the works of being produced. The good news is that it is now available as a open beta, which is both functional and stable. The add-in is a pod catcher which runs on Windows Home Server, without needing a […]
We earlier wrote about Windows Home Server appearing on the Designing Spaces TV programme on both The Learning Channel and Women’s Entertainment but it is also available 24×7 streaming on the Designing Spaces website, which you can find here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
One of the online backup solutions for Windows Home Server which I have been using for the last several months is CrashPlan Central. Although there are other dedicated offerings for Home Server users, such as KeepVault and CloudBerry Backup, I find that these can work out expensive for my 500GB of data which needs to […]
One of our readers Thomas Schindler posted a comment to our "MediaSmart and Twonky Media – Still High CPU Issues" article, with a solution to the problem. The latest update from HP for the Twonky Media Server is version 5.1.1 whilst the version from TwonkyMedia is 5.1.2 which rectifies the high CPU utilization issue. Tom […]
